United States nuclear weapons program

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The United States nuclear weapons program is the government-led effort that developed, tested, and maintains the nation’s nuclear arsenal, originating with the Manhattan Project during World War II and continuing as a central element of U.S. military and deterrence strategy.

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instanceOf nuclear weapons program
alsoKnownAs American nuclear weapons program
U.S. nuclear weapons program
country United States
deliverySystem land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles
strategic bomber aircraft
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
goal deter large-scale conventional aggression
deter nuclear attack
maintain credible nuclear deterrent
hasComponent Manhattan Project
U.S. nuclear command and control system
U.S. nuclear delivery systems
U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories
U.S. nuclear weapons production complex
U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile
U.S. nuclear weapons testing program
hasPolicy assured second-strike capability
nuclear deterrence
nuclear nonproliferation support
nuclear umbrella for allies
stockpile stewardship
strategic triad
influencedBy Cold War
arms race with the Soviet Union
mutually assured destruction doctrine
maintainedBy National Nuclear Security Administration
United States Department of Energy
originatedFrom Manhattan Project
overseenBy United States Department of Defense
United States Strategic Command
partOf United States military strategy
United States national security policy
productionSite Kansas City National Security Campus
Pantex Plant
Savannah River Site
Y-12 National Security Complex
regulates design of nuclear warheads
dismantlement of nuclear warheads
maintenance of nuclear warheads
production of nuclear warheads
retirement of nuclear warheads
researchInstitution Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
significantEvent Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty signing 1996
Hiroshima atomic bombing
Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963
Nagasaki atomic bombing
Threshold Test Ban Treaty 1974
Trinity nuclear test
linked to: Trinity test device

development of thermonuclear weapons
first hydrogen bomb test Ivy Mike
moratorium on nuclear explosive testing since 1992
startTime 1942
testSite Nevada Test Site
Pacific Proving Grounds
Trinity Site
treatyParty Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
New START Treaty
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
usesTechnology fission weapons
fusion weapons
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles
nuclear command, control, and communications systems
thermonuclear warheads

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Nuclear bombs of the United States partOf United States nuclear weapons program
Nuclear bombs of the United States partOf United States nuclear arsenal
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Pacific Proving Grounds partOf United States nuclear weapons program
Operation Flintlock partOf United States nuclear weapons development program
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Operation Bowline partOf United States Cold War nuclear weapons development program
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Operation Tinderbox partOf United States nuclear weapons development program
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Operation Musketeer partOf United States nuclear weapons program
Operation Touchstone partOf United States nuclear weapons verification program
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Operation Storax partOf United States nuclear weapons program
Operation Anvil partOf United States nuclear weapons development program
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Operation Emery partOf United States nuclear weapons program
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Operation Aqueduct relatedTo United States nuclear weapons program
W87 warhead partOf United States nuclear arsenal
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B41 nuclear bomb isPartOf United States nuclear arsenal
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B41 nuclear bomb belongsToCategory Cold War nuclear weapons of the United States
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Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program relatedTo United States nuclear weapons program
Ralph Bard participantIn United States nuclear weapons program
Fernald Feed Materials Production Center relatedTo United States nuclear weapons program
subject linked to: FMPC
K-25 Overlook relatedTo United States nuclear weapons program
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 appliesTo United States nuclear weapons programs
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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb subject United States nuclear program
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Harry Daghlian participantIn United States nuclear weapons development program
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W51 warhead isPartOf United States nuclear weapons program
B90 nuclear bomb isPartOf United States nuclear weapons program
Operation Sunshine II relatedTo United States nuclear weapons program